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Dsmego
April 13th, 2011, 05:38 AM
I'm new to Linux, ubuntu 10.10 specifically. I've tried a couple times to install from a tar.gz file and when i try to compile the source code in the terminal I get this error "tar: bash-4.2.tar.gz: Cannot open: No such file or directory" what am I doing wrong? Now when I download the files, I leave themin the down loads folder, do i need to make a new directory? If so how do I do that and how do i call it up when I compile the sopurce? Please help!!!!!

earthpigg
April 13th, 2011, 06:43 AM
can you show us:

the exact file you downloaded?
where you got it?
where you saved it to?
the exact command you are typing?
a link to the directions you are following?